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Global military expenditure sees largest annual increase in a decade, reaching USD1917 billion in 2019
Total global military expenditure rose to $1917 billion in 2019, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (S...
PLA Chinese Army boosts air assault force
The air assault force is a new type of combat troop of the Chinese Army, Qian Xiaohu and Yang Yuanqing report. It emerged in the reform of China's ...
Russian Western district first to operate T-90M Proryv tanks
The first T-90 tanks to be upgraded to the level of T-90M Proryv will be the vehicles of the 7th Russian military base in Gudauta. The base in Abkh...
Advanced military hardware operational with Russian Central District air defense force
The proportion of advanced air defense missile systems and radars in service with Central Military District air defense (AD) forces exceeds 70%, th...
XM1158 7.62-mm cartridge in the U.S. FY2019 Annual Report
Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test &a...
U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) in the FY2019 Annual Report
Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test &a...
Stryker Family of Vehicles (FoV) program in the FY2019 Annual Report
Army Recognition looks back to a series of U.S. programs summarized in the FY2019 Annual Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test &a...
Russian Defense Minister reports to Federation Council
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu addressed the Federation Council. He informed the senators on the state of the armed forces and their develo...
Syrian war triggers interest in Russian weapons
Russia earned 15.2 bln dollars in the 2019 arms trade. Over 50 countries purchased its hardware and weapons. The interest in Russian designs increa...
U.S. Marine Corps to get rid of tanks, infantry battalions, howitzers, helicopters and more
In its restructuration program, the U.S. Marine Corps plans to cut tank battalions and reduce infantry units over the next 10 years while investing...
Russian army to learn several lessons from Syrian war (part 2)
The 16th lesson of the Syrian war shows that tanks remain the master of the battlefield in modern conditions. Indeed, the experience of warring gro...
Russian army to learn several lessons from Syrian war
The key lesson of the Syrian campaign is that Russia badly needs an aircraft-carrying fleet at least in the minimal number to protect vital interes...
U.S.A. targeted by malicious actors
The United States is no longer a sanctuary, but a target, Kenneth Rapuano, the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, told the House ...
U.S. soldier-centered approach helping lead ground modernization efforts
Nearly two years into its largest modernization overhaul in four decades, the U.S. Army looks to continue its momentum of developing new ground sys...
U.S. Defense leaders detail how Middle East, Africa fit in U.S. strategy
Since the National Defense Strategy was published in 2018, U.S. Defense Department officials who testify before Congress have stressed proposals ba...
USA and France dramatically increase major arms exports, Saudi Arabia largest arms importer
International transfers of major arms during the five-year period 2015–19 increased by 5.5 percent compared with 2010–14. According to new data fro...
U.S. DOD officials describe layered missile defense progress
The mission of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is defending the U.S., deployed forces, friends and allies from missiles of all sorts. "It's a no-f...
Turkey elaborates new doctrine on armed drone attacks
In Syria, Turkish-made armed drones like the Bayraktar TB2 and Anka in the Idlib area have made the army much more effective on the battlefield aga...
US Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle Report to American Congress
Issued on Feb. 20, 2020, a Congressional Research Service report makes the point on the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) background an...
Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) - Background and issues for U.S. Congress
The JLTV is an Army-led, multiservice initiative to develop a family of future light tactical vehicles to replace many of the High Mobility, M...
